HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong stock exchange boss Charles Li ignited his unrequited overture to the London Stock Exchange with a riff on Romeo and Juliet as a corporate romance, and doused it in a wistful blog reference to the author of ‘Alice in Wonderland’. After this week dropping the shock $39 billion approach, will Chief Executive Li’s next

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange withdrew its $36.6 billion bid for London’s bourse on Tuesday morning, less than a month after its surprise takeover proposal. The announcement drove HKEx shares to their biggest intraday advance in a month, with shares rising by as much as 3.6% on the news. Hong Kong shareholders previously expressed opposition to HKEx

(Reuters) - Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing ( 0388.HK ) (HKEX) has scrapped its unsolicited $39 billion approach for London Stock Exchange Group ( LSE.L ) after failing to convince LSE management to back a move that would have transformed both financial services giants. HKEX’s offer was the latest attempt at an exchange mega-merger after multiple

Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) dropped its bid to take over its London rival, the company said in a press release . On 11 September, HKEX shocked the global financial architecture by proposing a $36.4 billion takeover of the London Stock Exchange, which would expand the platform across multiple regions and currencies, potentially rivalling Bloomberg